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Elk River, Minnesota

City in Sherburne County, Minnesota

Air quality

The air at Elk River

Index 28, good, led by fine particles. Read at 10 PM from its reporting area, Northern Twin Cities Metro (MN), 16 miles off.

28Good
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)28Good8.9 mi
  • Ozone16Good21 ppb8.9 mi
  • Coarse particles (PM10)13Good21.2 mi
  • Nitrogen dioxide1Good1 ppb21.2 mi
  • Sulfur dioxide1Good1.1 ppb21.2 mi
  • Carbon monoxide-0.1 ppm21.2 mi

The days ahead

Good each day through Sun Oct 18, led by fine particles. Yesterday measured 22, good.

Smoke, the next 46 hours

No smoke near the ground through Sat 7 PM.

FriSat

Precipitation

What has fallen at Elk River

0.37 in in the last 24 hours, and none in the 2 days before, to Thu 9 PM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

Last 24 hours
0.37in
Last 3 days
0.37in

Visibility

How far you can see at Elk River, the next 46 hours

Visibility stays 8 miles or more through Sat 7 PM, lowest 9 miles Fri 3 AM.

FriSat

On the radar over Elk River, MinnesotaReflectivityStorm topsRain rateRain, last 24 hoursForecast temperatureForecast rain totalEvery picture

What is measuring near here

The 7 instruments nearest Elk River, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 0.5 miles away.

measured now5 instruments

measured daily2 instruments

Elk River 1.6 SMN-SH-82

In a volunteer observer's own ground/0.5 mi away/922 ft/7 ft below here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

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Elk RiverELKM5

At a cooperative observer's station/1.1 mi away/892 ft/37 ft below here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

Rank1,261of 1,965

Station report

The weather at Princeton Muni, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 17.0 mi from Elk River, Minnesota. From its report of Oct 15, 2026, 10:15 PM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.

The sky

Broken at 3,500 ft, overcast at 5,000 ft; the ceiling is 3,500 ft; visibility 10 mi or more.

Section of the sky over Princeton Muni, height above the station to scale: broken cloud with its base at 3,500 feet, overcast cloud with its base at 5,000 feet, the ceiling at 3,500 feet, and visibility of 10 mi or more.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT PNMFIG. A THE SKY OVER PRINCETON MUNISECTION, HEIGHT ABOVE THE STATION TO SCALE, EACH LAYER AT THE HEIGHT OF ITS BASE AS REPORTED; COVER IN EIGHTHS OF THE SKY; TOPS NOT MEASUREDFT ABOVE THE STATION01,0002,0003,0004,0005,0006,0007,0008,000ETAGESLOWMIDDLETHE STATIONTHE CEILOMETER READS TO 12,000 FT, ABOVE THIS SHEETOVC 5,000 FTOVERCAST, 8 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYBKN 3,500 FTBROKEN, 5 TO 7 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYCEILING 3,500 FTVISIBILITY, MILES: 10 MI OR MORE0510TITLEPrinceton Muni, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS PNMTYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-PNM-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001, FB-SKY-017, FB-SKY-016, FB-SKY-018

The air

46.0 F with a dew point of 39.2 F, 77 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 1,600 ft up; the lowest cloud reported is at 3,500 ft.

Chart of the air at Princeton Muni: temperature 46.0 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 39.2, 77 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 1,600 feet above the station, against the lowest cloud reported at 3,500 feet; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT PNMFIG. B THE AIR AT PRINCETON MUNITHE REPORTED TEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT, AND AIR LIFTED FROM THE STATION WITHOUT MIXING UNTIL IT SATURATES; HEIGHT ABOVE THE STATION TO SCALEFT ABOVE THE STATION01,0002,0003,0004,0005,00030 F40 F50 F60 FSATURATES 1,600 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 37.6 FLOWEST CLOUD REPORTED, BKN 3,500 FTTEMPERATURE 46.0 FDEW POINT 39.2 FSPREAD 6.8 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 77 PER CENTTHE AIR COOLS ABOUT 5.4 F EACH 1,000 FT IT RISES, AND ITS DEW POINT ABOUT 1 FSOLID: THE LIFTED AIR'S TEMPERATURE; DASHED: ITS DEW POINTTITLEPrinceton Muni, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS PNMTYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-PNM-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

From the west northwest (290 degrees) at 9 mph: force 3, a gentle breeze on the Beaufort scale. The strongest gust today was 23 mph.

Plan of the wind at Princeton Muni, north up: blowing from 290 degrees, the west northwest, at 9 miles an hour; beside it the Beaufort scale from calm to hurricane force, force 3, gentle breeze, marked.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT PNMFIG. C THE WIND AT PRINCETON MUNIPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONFROM 290°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR12LIGHT BREEZE43GENTLE BREEZE8NOW, 9 MPH4MODERATE BREEZE135FRESH BREEZE196STRONG BREEZE257NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLEPrinceton Muni, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS PNMTYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-PNM-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

The full report of Princeton Muni, in 6 sheets, each beside the Field Book plates that explain it

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Snow on the ground

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